Research & Exploration Speakers

Cosmic Explorer & MIT Professor of Physics

Astronaut, Physician & Everest Summiter

Marine Conservationist & Founder of "Sound Seas," Research and Policy Project to Help Protect the Oceans and Ocean Life

Professor of Economics & Executive Director of the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research

Author of "How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain" & Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University

Youngest Ever Astronaut in Training; Space Travel Enthusiast

European Adventurer 2016, Explorer, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Management Consultant

Director of Special Projects, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Researcher, Consultant & Mars One Astronaut Candidate

Aquanaut & Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA Headquarters

Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Entomologist; Focused on Practical Applications to Protect Honey Bee Populations

Geologist; Geothermal Researcher; Founder & Director of the “Boiling River Project"

Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.

Former Director of Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae; Founder of UpCycle Systems

Neuropsychologist Who Studies Injured Brains, Aging Brains & The Brains of Criminals

Record-Breaking Explorer, Fundraiser & Author

Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Safkhet Capital

Complexity Theorist & Author of "The Mathematics of Love"

Senior Vice President & Director of IBM Research at IBM